Akaltara Assembly constituency

Akaltara
Constituency No. 33 for the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir-Champa
Lok Sabha constituency	Janjgir-Champa
Established	1956
Total electors	222,283 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
6th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Raghavendra Kumar Singh
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Saurabh Singh

Akaltara is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} It is in Janjgir-Champa district. As of 2023, it is represented by Raghavendra Kumar Singh of the Indian National Congress party.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Prior to 1957: part of Akaltara-Masturi assembly constituency
1957	Thakur Bhuwan Bhaskar Singh		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	Ramgopal
1972	Rajendra Kumar Singh
1977
1980	Dhirender Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress
1985	Rakesh Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress
1990	Jawahar Dubey		Independent politician
1993	Chhatram Devangan		Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003	Ramadhar		Indian National Congress
2008 [6]	Saurabh Singh		Bahujan Samaj Party
2013 [7]	Chunnilal Sahu		Indian National Congress
2018 [8] [9] [10]	Saurabh Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 [1]	Raghavendra Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Akaltara ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Raghavendra Kumar Singh	80,043	47.30%	29.25
	BJP	Saurabh Singh	57,285	33.85%	5.63
	JCC	Richa Ajit Jogi	16,464	9.73%	New
	BSP	Dr. Vinod Sharma	5,774	3.41%	34.86
	AAP	Anand Prakash Miri	4,826	2.85%	2.23
	Independent	Varsha Netam	1,334	0.79%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	897	0.53%	0.93
Margin of victory			22,758	13.45%	12.24
Turnout			1,69,221	76.56%	0.65
Registered electors			2,22,283		9.47
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	7.82

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Akaltara ^{[12] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Saurabh Singh	60,502	39.48%	4.66
	BSP	Richa Jogi	58,648	38.27%	26.78
	INC	Chunnilal Sahu	27,667	18.05%	32.61
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,242	1.46%	1.10
	Independent	Badri Prasad Ogrey	971	0.63%	New
	AAP	Chandrahas Dewangan	958	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			1,854	1.21%	14.64
Turnout			1,53,254	76.63%	0.79
Registered electors			2,03,052		10.79
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	11.19

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Akaltara ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chunnilal Sahu	69,355	50.67%	20.11
	BJP	Dinesh Singh	47,662	34.82%	4.93
	BSP	Santan Lal Ratre	15,720	11.48%	21.63
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,503	2.56%	New
	Independent	Gauri Bai Nayak	1,552	1.13%	New
	GGP	Rajkumari Dhruw	977	0.71%	0.81
Margin of victory			21,693	15.85%	13.29
Turnout			1,36,884	76.60%	6.24
Registered electors			1,83,279		11.09
	INC gain from BSP		Swing	17.55

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Akaltara ^{[14] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Saurabh Singh	37,393	33.11%	14.45
	INC	Chunnilal Sahu	34,505	30.56%	1.16
	BJP	Chhatram Dewangan	33,752	29.89%	0.61
	Independent	Satish Kant	2,130	1.89%	New
	GGP	Rajkumari Dhruw	1,723	1.53%	0.24
	Independent	Ramkumar	949	0.84%	New
	SP	Basant Kumar Kurre	823	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			2,888	2.56%	1.34
Turnout			1,12,926	68.48%	3.29
Registered electors			1,64,988		0.44
	BSP gain from INC		Swing	1.40

Assembly Election 2003

2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election  : Akaltara ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramadhar	37,368	31.71%	New
	BJP	Chhatram Dewangan	35,938	30.50%	New
	BSP	Durga Charan	21,990	18.66%	New
	NCP	Laxman Prasad	12,843	10.90%	New
	Independent	Bhagwat Prasad Sahu	3,576	3.03%	New
	GGP	Nehal	1,520	1.29%	New
	Independent	Kuldeep Patle	1,459	1.24%	New
Margin of victory			1,430	1.21%
Turnout			1,17,828	71.75%
Registered electors			1,64,259
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
• Janjgir-Champa district

References

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